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I borrowed ___ story book from the library the other day and took it home. One evening, having finished supper, I went back to my room and started to read the book that I ____
__ (borrow). I was so ___
___ (absorb) that I knocked the coffee cup over __
__ accident, pouring the coffee onto the book. Wet through and colored brown, the book turned out to be a _
___ (terribly) mess at once. Of course, I couldn’t return the dirty book and the loss should be covered. The next day, I went to the _
__ (big) bookstore in my city, _
__ there were various kinds of books. I finally found several _
__ (copy) of the same book and bought __
___. When I returned the new story book and explained the reason, the librarian accepted the book and praised me for my honesty and ___
__ (responsible).
Before India gained its freedom，many Westerners were extremely shocked by its poverty and so they came to serve here．A special girl (call)Agnes Goxa Bojaxiu was among them, who is today
(know)as Mother Teresa．
Agnes was born on August27，1910 and was just 19 years old she came to Calcutta on January 6，1929．And she never left this country．Her aim in life was
(serve)the sick and the poor and she dedicated her full life to this purpose．She would walk around the
(danger)，dark and dirty streets of Calcutta at night，
(offer)food to the sick and shelter to the poor．When she first arrived in Calcutta, she had little money on her and was helped by a priest．
Through her efforts she managed to open several institutions (help)the mentally and physically challenged children．She had a thousand institutions working under her．Mother Teresa was awarded
Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 and the Bharat Ratna in 1980．
these she also received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Peace(1972)，the Templeton Foundation Award(1973)．
Despite all the public praise，national and international． (honour)，Mother Teresa remained humble．kind and generous till the end．She passed away in September 1997．
On June 2，20 1 2，Meghan Vogel won the state championship in the 1，500-meter race．it was her last-place finish in the 3，200 meters that won her worldwide attention．
Only a few minutes the 3，000-meter run，Meghan entered the tough 3，200-meter final．Three laps into the eight-lap race，Vogel was falling off the pace．It could
(easy)be seen that she didn’t have the energy to compete for another title．20 feet from the finish line，she was in last place but still had a chance of passing a runner from another schoo1—Arden McMath，
was faltering(蹒跚)．
Then suddenly Arden McMath (fall)to the track．Vogel never had a moment of doubt about what to do next．Rather than run past her fallen competitor
(avoid)the last-place finish Meghan stopped to help Arden to her feet and
(support)her step by step towards the finish line．The crowd cheered for Vogel’s action and the cheers grew
(1oud)as the two girls finished the race with Vogel purposely
(make)sure that Arden crossed the finish line ahead of her．
Last place on the track；first place in sportsmanship(体育精神)．Vogel was truly the (win) of the 3,200 meter race·
Most people nowadays are so busy with their lives that they do not have time to enjoy a healthy and (balancel)diet．For most individuals，as
result of eating foods rich in fats and sugar several years，they choose to go on a diet but do not succeed at the end．Be sure to be with a strong
(aware)that you are
you eat! Therefore，maintaining a healthy diet not only
(provide)your body with energy but also numerous health benefits．One is that you will keep a healthy weight and is also the easiest and most
(benefit)way in which you can be energetic and protect yourself
a number of diseases when growing old．Another benefit is that you will meet your everyday nutritional (require)
．
(Basic)speaking，you should ensure that you take good amount of vegetables，grains，milk and proteins．In most cases，a healthy diet can help you decrease the risk of
(get)some diseases like diabetes and cancer．
One day I went to the Six Flags amusement park. After riding a ride, I lost my keys. I didn’t notice they were gone ____I was on the other side of the park. So I went to the security office. Amber Thompson, ____
worked there, was very nice. She asked me for my license, a ___
(describe) of the keys and whether I had anything ____
(attach) to the key chain, ___
nothing could be done right away. Here is ____
cool thing about losing keys at Six Flags: if the keys are found once you have left, the park will send them back __
your home free of charge. __
(fortunate), my story has a good ending. The keys were found before the park closed. ____
(lose) keys didn’t spoil my day, and somehow I found myself pleased by the presence of Bugs Bunny after I lost my keys.
You can easily spend time there _____it is convenient for you. Just make sure you haven’t lost something important after you get off each ride.
People can often see a talking parrot on a TV show, in a movie, or even in someone’s home. The parrot has learned (copy) sounds that people make. Dolphins, bats, and some apes also copy sounds. Now we can add elephants
this list of copycats (盲目的模仿者).
Dr. Joyce Poole is a zoologist, studies the sounds of elephants. While she was in Kenya, she would hear strange noises
(make) by Mlaika after sunset. Mlaika was
8-year-old African elephant
it lived near a highway.
Dr. Poole says that she couldn’t tell the difference between Mlaika’s call and the (distance) truck noise. Why did
copy the sounds of the trucks driving by? Animals that are able to copy sounds may enjoy
(practice) new sounds. When they are kept outside of their natural environment, they may copy unusual sounds.
So far Dr. Poole (spend) 18 years with two female Asian elephants. Asian elephants make sounds like birds to talk with one another.
Parrots, dolphins, humans, and elephants show that being a copycat is one way that animals and people make new friends and keep old ones.
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